Police in Markurdi, Benue state, have arrested the commander and kingpin of a notorious kidnapping group who have been terrorizing and kidnapping mostly women in the area.     LatestNGnews.com reported last week that their camp was raided and destroyed, 2 arrest were made, but the commander who runs the

Men of Benue state police have arrested Kidnappers who specialize in targeting women, the police arrested 2 suspects of the syndicate who tried to flee and demolished their known hideout. The suspects were arrested in Makurdi, the state capital.   Lt. Col. Paul Hemba (rtd.) who is the SA to

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued a 12-year old girl (name withheld ) who was tricked into being married off to a 50-year old man as his 3rd wife in Benue state.   This was brought to the attention of the agency by

The hair of a yet to be identified lady has been forcefully shaved by the operatives of Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, in Benue state.   A clip of the incident surfaced online earlier on Wednesday morning caused massive stir online between netizens who were for and/or against the

The Benue state police have arrested 3 suspects who are found to be in connection the unexplained death of young Veronica Takor, in Markudi, the Benue state capital.     Victoria was found dead in a hotel room located in the Nyinmma area of Markurdi, Benue State on Saturday, March

A Bayelsa State Governor, Bodmas Kemepadei, has raised an alarm over the rate young girls are being kidnapped in the state in recent times. Reports gathered by LatestNGnews.com indicated that about 3 girls have been kidnapped in Makurdi and feared dead in the state capital alone in the past 3

An 11-year-old girl whose name was given as Anabel Sedoo Akaasar, in Benue state, has been declared missing by her family. A cousin to the missing young girl made a post on her facebook page to solicited the help of the public in finding and locating her sister.    

A suspected female child trafficker has been intercepted with some girls and arrested in Makurdi, the Benue state capital on Friday morning, January 7, 2022, while she was trying to board a car heading from Benue to Lagos.     According to a popular human rights activist, Ukan Kurugh, who

The executive governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, has asked the federal government of Nigeria, to declare the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) as a “terrorist organization”.     The governor made this clarion call in response to the FG who gazetted an executive order of tagging bandits as

In the spirit of Christmas, the Governor of Benue state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has paid a surprise visit to Uwaila Omozuwa’s family, a 100 Level Microbiology student of UNIBEN that was raped and murdered inside RCCG church last year.       Gov Obaseki while having a interactive session with

A reporter, Nathaniel Bivan, has shared a rather saddening story of how a man was kidnapped by the bandits who were fed information by a friend closest to the kidnap victim.     In the story, it was revealed that the victim who was expecting his retirement funds, had promised